ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,252, issued on July 14, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHONOLGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Seat track mechanism with adjustable spacer length" was invented by Eryk Jerzy Dabrowski (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicles, seat track mechanisms, and methods for manufacturing seat track mechanisms for use with vehicle seats are provided. A method includes determining a track travel length of a vehicle base track and a rail length of a rail of the vehicle seat; determining a spacer length of a spacer for use with the vehicle base track and the rail of the vehicle seat; fixing a first spacer member to a second spacer...